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Päänahanmetsästäjät

Original title: The Scalphunters
  • 19681968
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.9K
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POPULARITY
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Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
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Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.9K
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POPULARITY
23,078
886
  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writer
    • William W. Norton
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Shelley Winters
    • Telly Savalas
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writer
    • William W. Norton
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Shelley Winters
    • Telly Savalas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Burt Lancaster in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Dabney Coleman and Shelley Winters in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Ossie Davis in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Ossie Davis in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Burt Lancaster in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Dabney Coleman, Telly Savalas, and Nick Cravat in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Shelley Winters in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)
    Burt Lancaster in Päänahanmetsästäjät (1968)

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Joe Bass
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Kate
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Jim Howie
    Ossie Davis
    Ossie Davis
    • Joseph Lee
    Dabney Coleman
    Dabney Coleman
    • Jed
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Frank
    Dan Vadis
    Dan Vadis
    • Yuma
    Armando Silvestre
    Armando Silvestre
    • Two Crows
    Nick Cravat
    Nick Cravat
    • Yancy
    Tony Epper
    • Scalphunter
    Chuck Roberson
    Chuck Roberson
    • Scalphunter
    John Epper
    • Scalphunter
    Jack Williams
    • Scalphunter
    Gregorio Acosta
    • Scalphunter
    • (uncredited)
    Pedro Aguilar
    • Kiowa
    • (uncredited)
    Marco Antonio Arzate
    • Scalphunter
    • (uncredited)
    Alicia De Lago
    • Scalphunter's woman
    • (uncredited)
    Néstor Domínguez
    • Kiowa
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writer
      • William W. Norton
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Burt Lancaster first met Sydney Pollack when Pollack worked as a dialogue director on the Luchino Visconti epic Tiikerikissa (1963), in which Lancaster starred. This was the second of three movies that they made together in quick succession., the others being Heijastus (1968) and Rautaiset sankarit (1969). This was by far the most successful of the three.
    • Goofs
      Set in 1860, Joseph mentions the planet Pluto, discovered in 1930.
    • Quotes

      Joe Bass: If God ever made two greater inventions than a pretty woman and a bottle of whiskey, I ain't heard of it!

    • Connections
      Featured in Film Review: Burt Lancaster (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      In Our Lovely Deseret
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Eliza R. Snow

      Music by George Frederick Root

      Performed by Shelley Winters

    User reviews49

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    8/10
    Sophisticated Movie
    The acting is brilliant, the picture is fast, thrilling and very comical. But this western, one of the best in the sixties, is not only fun stuff. "The Scalphunters" is a very morally movie, taking a stand against racism and white men's arrogance. Also we have a well constructed and sophisticated story about the fact that circumstances of dominance can change very quickly. So I guess Sydney Pollack and writer William Norton have read the plays of Bertolt Brecht very accurately and have understood the political message of it. See it and you will like it.

    I gave ******** out of 10 stars.
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    • Aug 29, 2002

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 1969 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Scalphunters
    • Filming locations
      • Quartzsite, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bristol Films
      • Norlan Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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